Doublet buttons

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

I'm looking into different options for doublet buttons as I recently obtained a doublet with brass coloured buttons that I'm not fond of. I am curious to know whether you think diamond is a must. I saw a nice portrait of the last Chief of the MacLeods in a doublet with round silver buttons. What are your thoughts on that?

Is there anything I should avoid? There are some nice looking highland military buttons on ebay but after some research, I determined they were WWI 16th Canadian Scottish Highland Brigade, a unit that was disbanded and swallowed up into the Canadian Scottish Regiment.

When I was in the military, we had a rule that we were not to mix civilian and military kit and I also was never in that regiment. Now that I'm a civilian, I wonder if I should still be so strict...

In any case, my question is, do you think it's ok to stand out a little with different buttons? What should I avoid? Is round ok to you?

Unless you have a direct connection to a regiment, ie: you served in that regiment, then wearing their regimental buttons should be avoided.

You have a variety of button choices, other than military buttons, that range from having your present buttons silver plated, to ordering custom buttons from someone like Agry, in Paris (www.agry.fr).